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10:50 PM ET, August 21, 2007

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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Report: CIA Director Unprepared for al-Qaeda Threat  —  Former CIA Director George Tenet failed to lead a strategic effort against al-Qaeda before the Sept. 11 attacks, the agency's inspector general concluded in a long-classified report released today.  —  The report, which Congress ordered …
Discussion: Think Progress and Wake up America
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Associated Press:
CIA watchdog faults agency on 9/11  —  Agency watchdog says officials lacked comprehensive plan to stop al-Qaida  —  WASHINGTON - The CIA's top leaders failed to use their available powers, never developed a comprehensive plan to stop al-Qaida and missed crucial opportunities to thwart …
New York Times:
Statement by George J. Tenet on C.I.A. Report
Discussion: The Raw Story and Danger Room
Kate O'Beirne / The Corner:   CIA Fights Accountability
New York Times:
Tenet's C.I.A. Unprepared for Qaeda Threat, Report Says
Discussion: Prairie Weather and RADAMISTO
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   CIA Report Slams Tenet
Kevin Whitelaw / US News:
CIA Releases Harsh Internal Report on 9/11 Failures
Fred File:
A New York State of Mind  —  When I was working in television, I spent quite a bit of time in New York City.  There are lots of things about the place I like, but New York gun laws don't fall in that category.  —  Anybody who knows me knows I've always cared deeply about the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
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Alex Mooney / CNN:
Romney blasts 'sanctuary cities'
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:   Rudy and Fred scrap a bit
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Congress Approval Rating Matches Historical Low  —  Just 18% approve of job Congress is doing  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds Congress' approval rating the lowest it has been since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress with this measure in 1974.
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
CAIR blames Justice for its troubles  —  The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it is suffering from a decline in membership and fundraising and blames the Justice Department for listing it as an unindicted co-conspirator in a case involving a charity accused of terrorist ties.
Associated Press:
Pentagon to shut controversial database  —  Anti-terror program criticized for storing information on peaceful protesters  —  WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Tuesday that it will shut down an anti-terror database that has been criticized for improperly storing information on peace activists and others whose actions posed no threat.
Discussion: Think Progress
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Kos / Daily Kos:
LA-Gov: Jindal's views of non-Catholics  —  This old Free Republic post contains the text of Jindal's "How Catholicism is Different" article, which is now the focus of a Democratic Party attack ad against him.  It won't likely be up long, as the magazine is aggressively seeking to expunge versions …
Discussion: Redstate and Crooked Timber
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Fred Barnes / Opinion Journal:
Can the GOP Make a Comeback?  —  The recipe for Republicans is to stop acting like, well, Republicans—that is, Republicans of recent vintage.  —  It's not particularly visible at the moment, but there is a road to political recovery for Republicans.  Chances are they won't get far enough …
Michael J. Totten:
How to Spy in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD - American soldiers arrived in Iraq in 2003 with not much of a plan and little idea what to expect.  The Iraqi government, military, and police were overthrown and disbanded under de-Baathification.  Most Iraqis who knew how to run the country were either sent home or imprisoned.
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Book Chief: Conservatives Want Slogans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberals read more books than conservatives.  The head of the book publishing industry's trade group says she knows why—and there's little flattering about conservative readers in her explanation.
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Bloomberg says won't run for president  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he cannot win the U.S. presidency and won't run, the strongest statement to date about his intentions for the 2008 presidential race.  —  Bloomberg previously had said he had no plans to run …
Discussion: Donklephant and Ed Driscoll.com
WCBS-TV:
Arctic August: NYC Sets Record For Coldest Day  —  High Of 59 Degrees Ties Chilliest August High Set In 1911  —  Featured Slideshows:  —  (CBS) NEW YORK Don't forget to bundle up if you're headed out in New York City today.  After all, it is August 21.  —  The city along with the rest …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Daily Pundit
The Atlantic Online:
I fear you may have misunderstood me  —  One of my commenters demands: … I am not defending Rudy, the presidential candidate.  Almost no one who has lived in New York wants Rudy anywhere near the nuclear football, nor would we like to see his strongly authoritarian instincts …
Discussion: The RBC
Nan Aron / Washington Post:
An Unjust Judge  —  To understand the furor over President Bush's nomination of Leslie Southwick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, one should start with the Goode family of Mississippi.  —  A propane heater exploded in their house, killing their granddaughter.  The Goodes sued the manufacturer.
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Politics Seen in Nasty Call to Spitzer's Father  —  Lawyers representing Gov. Eliot Spitzer's father, Bernard Spitzer, say a prominent political consultant who has been working for State Senate Republicans threatened the elder Mr. Spitzer this month in an anonymous, invective-laced phone message.
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Democrats see 'results' in Iraq  —  Top Senate Democrats have started to acknowledge progress in Iraq, with the chairman of the Armed Services Committee yesterday saying the U.S. troop surge is producing "measurable results."  —  Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan highlighted improved security …
 
 
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Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Amends to the Post Editorialists
Nicole Martin / Telegraph:
UK cancer survival rate lowest in Europe
Spiegel Online:
Norway's Moose Population in Trouble for Belching
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Wrongly Arrested Bush Protesters Talk About Their $80K Government …
Associated Press:
Young, white Americans are happier
Discussion: Liberty Pundit
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Bush is 'soft on lead'
New York Times:
Iran Releases Iranian-American Scholar on Bail
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Admits 'Frustration' With Iraqi Leader
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Geoffrey Gray / New York Magazine:
The New McCain Gang Still Paying Bills
Discussion: Think Progress
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
UPDATED: ES&S to Face Millions in Fines, Possible Decertification …
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Guest Post - Who's Killing The Clerics Of Najaf?
Faiz / Think Progress:
O'Hanlon: Soldiers Of The 82nd Airborne 'May Have Been Taking A Slight Poke' At Me
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
9/11 TRUTHERS GUT PUNCHED BY HISTORY CHANNEL
Joan Walsh / Salon:
Are Democrats really so lame?
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

 
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